TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 35C
Running or stopping prescribed dangerous goods vehicle engine
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 35C
Running or stopping prescribed dangerous goods vehicle engine
35C Running or stopping prescribed dangerous goods vehicle engine
(1) An authorised officer may, to allow the officer to effectively exercise a
power under this Act in relation to a prescribed dangerous goods vehicle,
enter the vehicle and run or stop its engine (
"take the prescribed action" ) or authorise someone else (the
"assistant" ) to enter the vehicle and take the prescribed action if—
(b) no person involved in the
transport of the dangerous goods in relation to the vehicle is available or
willing to take the prescribed action; or
(c) the authorised officer
reasonably believes there is no-one else in or near the vehicle who is more
capable of taking the prescribed action and is fit and willing to do so.
(5)
This section does not authorise the authorised officer or assistant to drive
the vehicle.
(6) In running the engine, the authorised officer or assistant
is exempt from a provision of a transport Act to the extent the provision
would require the authorised officer or assistant to be qualified to
take the prescribed action.